DNA News - Maine

Research scientists have verified through DNA analysis evidence of hybridization between wild Canada lynx and bobcats in Maine. Samples collected by Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife biologists from two cats were tested at the U.S. Forest Service's genetics laboratory in Missoula, Montana, confirming that the animals, one male and one female, were lynx-bobcat hybrids. The DNA tests further revealed that each was the offspring of a female lynx and a male bobcat.